Sugar factory Plattling

Overview

Name

Zuckerfabrik Plattling

Founded

1960 (construction)

Founder

Südzucker AG

Type of company

plant of Südzucker AG, Aktiengesellschaft (corporation)

1959Conclusion to build another plant in Bavaria with a daily capacity of 3,000 tonnes. Plattling is chosen as site. Its benefits are the good infrastructure – especially regarding transportation and recruiting – and lower costs for beet carriage.

As from May 1960Construction of the factory. New technical standards are set with the first central control stand.

1961The first campaign starts on 2 October. The daily processing capacity is about 3,000 tonnes.

1963The cultivation area increases by 11 percent to 7,400 hectares. For the first time, a sugar factory conducts the campaign with a core workforce of only 262 industrial workers.

A 2.5 kilogram baling machine is used for the packaging of preserving sugar and refined sugar.

1965Introduction of the company suggestion system for improvements.

1966Construction of a machine for the production and packaging of gelling sugar.

1969In Plattling, the first laboratory for beet quality improvement is established.

Construction of the syrup storage tank.

1972Sugar warehouse of the sugar factory Stuttgart is transferred to Plattling after its shutdown.

1974-1976Increase of the daily capacity to 12,000 tonnes through comprehensive alteration measures – a milestone in the development of the plant. Judging by its daily beet processing capacity, Plattling is at this point the biggest sugar factory in the federal territory.

1975Plattling is the first plant of Südzucker AG to conduct a syrup campaign.

1981Increase of daily capacity to 14,000 tonnes through further expansion measures.

Frost campaign.

1981/82"Frost campaign": Extremely low temperatures prevail. The demolition squad of the Federal Border Force has to support the unloading of the beets

1989First beet delivery via trucks.

1991Running the firing system with biogas becomes possible.

1994Reconstruction of the beet yard: New capacity of 2,000 tonnes of beets per hour, beet delivery is possible 16 hours a day, further optimizations during the following year.